If only this meant all those people would realize how theology is just a means by which they are manipulated & controlled. The fact so much effort has to be expended just to (attempt to) explain away all the inconsistencies and just straight up nonsense should be enough, but no - the allure of being one with the mob mentality is too strong for logic to overcome.

First of all, Tucker Carlson is a propaganda pawn for Russia. He should never be cited for any reason. If he "makes sense" is only because that position is momentarily useful to Russia.

Second, while the Rapture is an even bigger part of the post-WW2 evangelical theology than this article presents. To understand Baby Boomer American Evangelicals you have to understand that the world they grew up in really did look like the end times. Consider their lives: they grew up during a time of absolutely unprecedented middle class wealth, AND they had a new unprecedented national mass media/advertising system telling them they are really special (if they buy the right stuff), AND they are growing up in the shadow of the atomic bomb, AND F***ing Israel was refounded! So yeah, the message that Jesus was going to come back during their lives was damn convincing.

In their minds, 9/11 was supposed to be the great Armageddon war. And there just happened to be an evangelical in the white house to lead the war. Except it was a quagmire, which they could not explain. Then a black man with African and Muslim names was elected president and they absolutely lost their minds. (Enter the tea party.)

And here is the real kicker that blows the minds of progressives: they know Trump isn't Christian. In fact there is a not small minority of American evangelicals that voted for him because they believe he's the Antichrist and that his ruinous presidency is necessary for Jesus' return.